Just a quick reply that I'm really enjoying this thread. Every new post teaches me something I really had no idea about before.

The homebrew community has people that do wonders with hardware nowadays, but I don't know of anyone playing with first generation hardware much. However, I would not be surpised if AtariAge has some members that are!

I wonder if anyone's ever tried to put a microcontroller or SoaC into one of these carts to make homebrew games?

Thanks for the links the Epoch sounds like it has a foot in both the first and second generations. Shame that as yet it seems unemulated. I enjoy playing through a system with a small library as you can play through all the games.

It looks like America did get a console with the same style tech the Telstar Arcade is essentially a PC-50x console not sure if GI chips but the games are the same but with different ‘sprites ?’

Gameplay shot: Pretty much a port of Atari’s Tank arcade game, believe the chip on this cartridge also powered the Telstar Combat console.

If anyone decides to collect the PC-50x library it is much easier to mix and match your systems rather than attempt to get all cartridges for the same system.Due to its nature the system cannot be emulated only simulated.